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granddad

[gran-dad] / ˈgrænˌdæd /


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“The way we are farming has gone back to how my granddad would have done it,” Bubb said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026

“My dad doesn’t understand it at all, but my granddad who’s not here anymore, he would have understood,” Bubb said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026

The rain pours down so often that you can’t help but snort when the film cuts to Whitford’s granddad angrily watering his lawn.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 12, 2026

Growing up, Liv knew her granddad and multiple siblings had lost their lives early to dementia before she was born, and she was a teenager when she started noticing her mum's out-of-character behaviour.

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2025

“And my dad’s mother before him and granddad before that.”

From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness




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